Fountain, NC is a small city located in the North Carolina heartland. It is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life and political opinions. Despite its size, Fountain has an active local politics scene. The city council is composed of six members elected every two years, while the mayor is elected every four years. In addition, the city is divided into voting districts which elect representatives for the county and state governments. Elections typically involve debates about issues such as taxes, public services, and crime prevention. There are also regular vacancies on the school board as well as other organizations in Fountain which require citizens to vote on representatives. All these elections give citizens of Fountain a chance to have their voices heard in deciding how their community should be run.
The political climate in Fountain, NC is leaning conservative.
Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Pitt County, NC 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitt county remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
Pitt county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fountain, NC is leaning conservative.
Pitt County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Greenville Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
North Carolina is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Fountain, North Carolina: r r d d d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Fountain, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $13,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $47,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)